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Belgian chocolate is becoming less and less popular on the global market, pastry chef and chocolatier Pierre Marcolini has warned.
Only in Belgium would you find a chocolatier confident enough to describe his produce as haute couture, but one Walloon entrepreneur is doing just that.
Home to a quarter of the world’s mountain gorillas, the troubled yet beautiful Virunga National Park in Africa, hasn’t always been associated with producing delicious chocolate.
This year’s Gault et Millau chocolate awards honoured Belgian chocolatiers and leaders within the field, and crowned a "chocolatier of the year" in each of the country’s regions.
The Belgian chocolate factory at the centre of a Europe-wide food safety scare earlier this year has been given the all-clear by health authorities to fully resume production.
The international World Confectionery Conference and exhibition brings together the global sweets, snacks and bakery markets on 9 September.
The number of chocolate shops in Belgium has doubled in the past 10 years, with the country now boasting 755 stores selling the country’s culinary speciality.
Chocolate is a huge money earner for the Belgian economy, generating around €2 billion in exports every year.
Among the number of salmonella infections reported in Belgium, 29 cases have so far been linked to the Ferrero factory in Arlon, Belgium’s food safety agency FASFC has announced.
